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UPDATE after 45 days: Download the free companion workout app which helps you track the TLS book workout: It's called Stacked. Helps you document all the TLS exercises and track your progress!!! _________________________________________ You can literally buy this book and trash every single copy of Shape, Oxygen, and Cosmo you have, discontinue the crazy dangerous CrossFit, and kiss Jillian Michaels goodbye. I've seen it, done it, plus 20 years in the Army, many marathons and two babies later determined that these do not work. Michael Matthews' book does! When I hit 40 I could feel my energy starting to dip and I was starting to see ever so slight indications that my body was past its peak despite keeping a fairly steady weight. I researched and determined that weight training was the way to beat it, and I let myself lift heavier than I thought was appropriate for a woman. After about 2 months I started to get firmer and was hooked. I became a regular at the gym, but my routines were all "winging it," trying to copy what I saw in magazines, on YouTube, and at the gym. I was getting the easy newbie gains, but I wasn't confident that my splits would get me to the next level that I wanted to achieve. I'm now at month 6 and have plateaued. I have been looking for a routine road map that is logical, based on evidence-based medicine using statistically significant studies (former pharma rep here!), simple, and minimizes my time at the gym. I'm divorced with two kids and a demanding career, so I have my limits. I have paid a personal trainer, but I noticed that he's not really willing to prescribe a sound routine for me because he wants me to stay with him for a revenue stream. I didn't want to be shelling out $$$ to see gains. I found TLS after borrowing a friend's copy of The Shredded Chef. I thought that nutrition would solve all my problems, but after checking out the Muscle For Life site I knew that though nutrition is the main factor, my routine wasn't focused enough to get me much further. Since all the magazines and blogs were so confusing and this Kindle edition was only $7 and change, I purchased the Kindle TLS. I downloaded it onto my phone and can take it to the gym for reference. The book lays a great foundation of how are bodies are built, how there are physiological variations amongst us, what the science proves about exercise, and how this translates to a sound lifting routine that will produce results. The road map for the best weight training approach is so clear, so direct that there's no question of what you should do and how you should do it when you walk in the gym. When I read the TLS formula on page 150 of the Kindle edition it was like reading the Rosetta Stone. I have been searching for this formula for the last 4 months and I'm REALLY excited to apply it. TLS also prioritizes the exercises which is helpful since some of them were clearly not equal but I wasn't sure which was most effective. I'm tweaking my diet a bit, but I'm very sure that I have the key to reduce body fat and get the shoulders and butt I want. I've got my cellulite reduced quite a bit, but this formula is going to get me all the way there. Final word of advice: This book is so concise and complete you won't need any other investment when it comes to programming your own routine. It could help any woman who has been hitting that elliptical or zumba class without much change. Not bad for less than $8! Find a trainer you trust and pay for a session or two to walk through proper techniques for the 5-6 major compound moves that you must master. Then plug that TLS formula into your phone and get to it!